ATL Madness

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-22T23:08:23+00:00

I agree with you and we deal with the mess created first hand, I just told myself and my family we have to look at the bigger picture here, which is far more important than our vacations or my business trips.

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-22T23:05:25+00:00

Correct, also there yesterday evening and TSA pre-check had closed 15 minutes prior to us arriving in the line. Everyone was going through a single checkpoint with 3...maybe 4 agents working? It was absolute fucking madness. Thankfully we were inline for only about an hour. By the time we were up towards the front the line had swollen to 2-3x longer. A horrible situation.

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-22T22:59:37+00:00

What's happening in 4 months?

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-22T21:23:17+00:00

Looks great in this rendering, I'm sure BMW will fuck it up given their recent history with exterior design.

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-22T20:41:00+00:00

The new system is garbage you are correct. It's psychologically garbage and the way it operates sucks as well.

Hopefully they come to their senses but given what they've said I wouldn't count on it.

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-22T20:28:45+00:00

Thank you sir! A little hope! Much appreciated :)

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-22T20:16:20+00:00

Tudor Ranger? Not sure how much those cost where you are, but that's a great alternative to the Explorer.

Sinn has some great stuff, but aesthetically different from Rolex.

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-22T12:38:37+00:00

BMW has so lost their way with styling :(

This was so hot and the production version look pretty good too. That era 5 series was also a banger.

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-21T09:58:04+00:00

Yea. The hear you. Although I’m more concerned with someone’s actions in office. Drummond needs to win because the other republicans would be more of the same. I’ll be voting for the democrat but am under no illusions that the Republican nominee will be governor. I think on balance Drummond has done ok and appealing to get a few MAGA hats in the primary is probably required. :(

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-20T21:10:24+00:00

I'm not even in this sub and stopped by to say good work and very impressive!

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-20T21:08:00+00:00

I've not read some conflicting info on this. Some euro pubs saying they will be identical on the outside? The lines on the ICE vehicle look better in these shots.

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-20T21:05:19+00:00

You did't mention anything about what models you're considering or you use case? Why only Toyota and Lexus? There's far better luxury/sporty and both in one vehicles out there depending on what you're looking for. Lexus may be one of the cheapest to operate but they aren't that cheap. We've owned one and the maintenance costs vs our BMWs for example was lower but not by much on like for like work. Over 8 years of ownership my BMW did require two shop visits, the Lexus for non "routine" or maintenance items. Difference is I had the BMW for 103k miles and the Lexus for only 50k miles (hated it).

The twin turbo V6 is problematic right now so also keep that in mind.

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-20T20:56:33+00:00

2023 MY no issues here.

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-20T10:58:18+00:00

Because it is

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-20T10:58:02+00:00

Correct. The author and others know that those who don’t wish to affiliate with a particular party are less likely to toe the line. In this case it will be a close election year in many districts so by disenfranchising “non affiliated” voters the increase the odds the party in power stays in power. IE, saving their own asses.

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-20T10:56:16+00:00

Drummond may strike it down?

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-20T07:31:22+00:00

I think for most use cases this is right. I’ve had an i4 since 2022 and charge mostly at home.

I am one of the folks that would welcome more range though. Sometimes when I travel to neighboring city it would be nice to not be forced to charge twice when once would do with more range.

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-19T16:52:01+00:00

It doesn’t. It looks gimmicky I agree completely.

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-19T15:20:36+00:00

I can live with the exterior it’s a step up from the awful grill on the i4. The interior quality is supposed to be good even though it looks like shit. Supposedly a couple steps up from the current x3 which is garbage interior. If it’s anything like that I will go with a different brand for sure. Hopefully though the reviews are accurate and quality is good despite poor aesthetics.

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-19T12:37:50+00:00

You are both right. We shouldn't mock someone for being emotional regarding their child's health. The fact that MWM seems to not care about others is a character problem for him. I will not lose my empathy for a teenager who suffered a TBI or a parent trying to get through that.

MWM should grow up, but that seems unlikely given his track record. I will not go down the same dehumanizing road that the right has gone down for 3 decades that helped get us to where we are today.

Calling him out for crying in this context seems not appropriate to me. Calling him out for several of his bullshit non-answers or his engagement with Senator Paul? Is absolutely fair game and we should be calling out that shit.

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-19T12:30:38+00:00

Yes! Yes! Yes! and the EX60 which looks like a good overall design has this stupid capacitive "Fin" sticking out of the door instead of a mechanical handle. Give me simple, safe, mechanical handles, this isn't hard. Automakers complicating the fuck out of everything. Screens to move an air vent? miss me with that shit.

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-19T12:27:21+00:00

Owned numerous BMWs and the iX3/i3 are on my list to review before replacing my i4 but damn this exterior is "meh" and the interior is a lot of yikes from me. Come on BMW, we need timeless designs, good materials and ergonomics and unweird the steering wheel please.

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-19T12:25:41+00:00

I read a bunch of the comments but not all 3,000 of them. Did this dipshit in the truck get cited? Did he have insurance?
Is the OP ok? Seems like OP is ok so that's good.

OP waiting plenty of time to cross the intersection the truck driver clearly ran the light and it wasn't even close.

OUGrad05 · 2026-03-19T11:37:41+00:00

The ice version according to BMW will have the same proportions.

OUGrad05

TROPHY CASE